Bryan Adams at the Camera Work Gallery
By Holger Jacobs
02/22/2019
From the Queen to Kate Moss – The photographs of rock singer Bryan AdamsMost of you will only know Bryan Adams as a rock singer. Songs like „Everything I Do for You“ from 1991 stayed for 4 months on the 1st place of the single charts in Great Britain and was used as a theme tune in the movie „Robin Hood King of Thieves“ starring Kevin Kostner. 155 million views on Youtube. Or the other cuddly song „Please Forgive Me“ from 1993 became a world hit and together with Rod Stewart and Sting appeared 1994 „All for Love“, which was used for the movie „The Three Musketeers“ (1993, with Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland).Born in 1959 in Ontario, Canada, Bryan Adams grew up in many different countries because his father was a diplomat. It was only in 1975, after the separation of the parents, that the mother settled down with him and his younger brother in Vancouver. Then young Bryan could close solid social bonds, which led immediately to the founding of a small rock band. From the age of 15, he appeared with different rock groups in different cast. Together with his buddy Jack Vallance, he also successfully wrote songs for other bands, such as Kiss or Bonnie Taylor. In the 80s he went as a supporting act with the Kinks or Foreigner on tour, in 1985 he accompanied Tina Turner on her tour. His single „Summer of 1969“ was his first great success, many more should follow. His collaboration with other famous colleagues also brought a lot of attention. So he was not only on stage with Sting and Rod Stewart, but also with Barbara Streisand, Céline Dion and Nelly Fortado. For his albums, he even got top stars like Ed Sheeran or Jennifer Lopez in his studio.In addition to his music career Adams began to photograph since the 90s his artist colleagues. At first only as snapshots behind the stage, the photo sessions later became more and more professional. In the 2000s, Bryan Adams had already learned a sophisticated technique, especially in black and white photography. This meant that he soon got orders to produce cover photos for CD’s.
In 2008, a call came from the Buckingham Palace: He was allowed to take pictures of the Queen!
The shoot was then in a very happy mood, because you‘ ve never seen before the English queen in a picture which such a big smile (see also our picture series).So soon the first exhibitions came, as in the NRW Forum 2014, in the Kunsthalle Mainz or in the Somerset House in London.
And now also in the gallery Camera Work in Berlin. But you have to hurry, because the exhibition can only be seen until tomorrow, Saturday, the 23rd of February 2019, until 6 pm. It’s worth a visit.„Bryan Adams – Exposed“
8.12.2018 – 23.02.2019
Camera Work Gallery
Kantstrasse 149
10623 Berlin
Tel. 030 3100773
Tues – Sat 11-18 o’clock